The Dallas police officer who fatally shot a man after entering the wrong apartment is facing charges.

The brother-in-law of the Dallas police officer who fatally shot a black upstairs neighbor last week says the family is not racist after being accused of making "white power" signs in photos posted online.

Noe Garza, whose wife is the sister of Officer Amber Guyger, told the Dallas Morning News in a story published Tuesday that he was making hand signals of "6" and "9" to celebrate his father-in-law's birthday in one of the images that has been heavily circulated on social media.

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Noe Garza said he was marking a relative's birthday in this photo. (Facebook)

"My last name is Garza. I'm a Mexican," he told the newspaper. "I don't care about your nationality. I don't care about the color of your skin. We all bleed red."

He told the newspaper: "It's was his 69th birthday, so it was a 69. That's all it was."

Lawyer Lee Merritt, who is representing victim Botham Jean's family, told the Daily News on Wednesday that the photo is something they are "looking into."

"I don't know if that will play a role in the shooting or not," he told The News. "We really don't know much about the shooting. I think we have enough evidence to know what Ms. Guyger claims happened didn't happen."

Officer Guyger has been charged with manslaughter after telling investigators that she believed Jean's apartment was her own. She said she mistakenly drove to the fourth floor of the parking garage at the South Side Flats apartment complex on Thursday night instead of the third.

Botham Jean was fatally shot on Thursday. (Jeff Montgomery/AP)

She said when she put her key in the apartment door, which was unlocked and slightly ajar, it opened. She saw a figure in the darkness and gave verbal commands before opening fire. She said she believed there was an intruder in her apartment. It was when she called 911 that she realized she was in the wrong apartment, she said.

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The case against Guyger will be presented to a grand jury, which could decide on more serious charges than manslaughter.

A relative received an "All Lives Matter" shirt as a gift. (Facebook)

It's not clear if Guyger and Jean knew each other, but her family continues to come under scrutiny. Another photo of Garza posted online shows him making certain hand signals, but he told the Morning News that he was showing his appreciation for his favorite bands by displaying their initials. He said the photo was taken when he went to see the band Lagwagon.

"None of these are racist photos," Garza told the Morning News. "I am not racist."

He said he hates "the fact that I have to prove I'm not racist."

A third family photo shows Guyger's mother in an "All Lives Matter" shirt, but Amber's sister Alana told the Morning News the shirt was a gift from her father after five Dallas police officers were killed in 2016.

Breaking news reporter David Boroff has worked for the Daily News since 2006. A native New Yorker, Boroff loves everything about the city, especially the great restaurants, the theater and Central Park. And he is endlessly (and hopelessly) rooting for the Mets, Jets and Knicks to return to glory.